FDNY EMT arrested for fatally running over woman as she inspected damage from fender-bender in Long Island

An FDNY EMT is accused of fatally mowing down a teenage dental student after she got out of her car to survey the damage from a fender-bender in Long Island.

Daniel Coppolo, 31, was busted on manslaughter and other charges Saturday, six weeks after the heartless hit-and-run crash.

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He's accused of running over Taranjit Parmar, 18, and leaving her to die in a Levittown gas station Nov. 9.

The victim was on her way home when Coppolo struck the passenger side of Parmar's 2018 Jeep with his pickup truck as he made a turn from Gardiners Ave. onto Hempstead Turnpike, cops said.

Both pulled into a nearby gas station, and as Parmar surveyed the damage, Coppolo slammed on the gas, cops said

His car dragged her several feet before she was run over by his rear driver's side tire, police said. Coppolo, of Deer Park, also faces charges of leaving the scene of an accident, tampering with physical evidence and reckless endangerment.

Coppolo, who worked in EMS dispatch, will be suspended without pay, an FDNY spokeswoman said.

He was ordered held on $1 million bail Sunday.

His lawyer, Lawrence Carra said he hasn't seen credible evidence that Coppolo, who was on medical leave from his job for the past several months, was driving the car that killed Parmar behind the wheel.

Carra called the death a "true tragedy," but said he'd wait until seeing the evidence before deciding how to proceed with Coppolo's defense.

Coppolo has a history of mental illness, he said, and was arrested Saturday as he was being released on $2,500 bail in an unrelated robbery.